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Guides, research and practical ideas on microalgae for people, pets, farms and the planet.
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What Is Phycocyanin? The Blue Pigment in Spirulina
Phycocyanin is the blue pigment that gives Spirulina its colour. Learn what it does in the cell and why it fades.
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Harvesting Chlorella When Feeding Live Food
Harvesting Chlorella When Feeding Live Food: clear steps, common mistakes and a quick checklist. Start with live cultures from ShopAlgae.
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Choosing the Right Container for an Algae Culture
Glass jar, bottle or tank? How container shape, material and cleanliness affect how well your algae culture grows.
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Chlorophyll in Algae: How Microalgae Capture Light
How chlorophyll lets microalgae turn light, water and carbon dioxide into growth, and why algae look green.
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Nutrients for Algae When Feeding Live Food
Nutrients for Algae When Feeding Live Food: clear steps, common mistakes and a quick checklist. Start with live cultures from ShopAlgae.
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Water for Algae Cultures: Tap, Spring or Distilled?
Does the water you use matter for algae? Compare tap, spring, filtered and distilled water and learn how to prepare it safely.
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Scaling Up Algae Cultures When Feeding Live Food
Scaling Up Algae Cultures When Feeding Live Food: clear steps, common mistakes and a quick checklist. Start with live cultures from ShopAlgae.
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Water for Spirulina Cultures When Feeding Live Food
Water for Spirulina Cultures When Feeding Live Food: clear steps, common mistakes and a quick checklist. Start with live cultures from ShopAlgae.
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Green Water for Fry: A Simple Hobbyist Guide
Green water can feed the tiny prey that fry eat. A hobbyist guide to using it without fouling the tank.
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Live Feed vs Dry Feed for Fish Larvae
Live food and dry feed each have strengths when raising very small fish. How to combine them, what to feed at each stage and…
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Algae Cell Walls: Why Chlorella Is Tough to Break
Chlorella has a rigid cell wall that resists digestion and grinding. What it is made of, why it matters for feeding and how cell-breaking…
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Daphnia and Algae: Raising Live Food at Home
How to start and keep a Daphnia colony on green water: container, temperature, feeding, harvesting and what makes a colony crash.
All guides
- What Is Phycocyanin? The Blue Pigment in Spirulina
- Harvesting Chlorella When Feeding Live Food
- Choosing the Right Container for an Algae Culture
- Chlorophyll in Algae: How Microalgae Capture Light
- Nutrients for Algae When Feeding Live Food
- Water for Algae Cultures: Tap, Spring or Distilled?
- Scaling Up Algae Cultures When Feeding Live Food
- Water for Spirulina Cultures When Feeding Live Food
- Green Water for Fry: A Simple Hobbyist Guide
- Live Feed vs Dry Feed for Fish Larvae
- Algae Cell Walls: Why Chlorella Is Tough to Break
- Daphnia and Algae: Raising Live Food at Home
- How to Harvest Algae From a Healthy Culture
- Harvesting Spirulina When Feeding Live Food
- The Growth Phases of an Algae Culture
- Green Water in Larval Rearing: What It Is and Why It’s Used
- Nutrients and Culture Media for Home Microalgae
- Recirculating Aquaculture Systems and Algae: What to Know
- Preventing Contamination in Home Algae Cultures
- Seeing Microalgae Under a Microscope
- Microalgae in Shellfish Hatcheries: Food for Oysters and Clams
- Temperature Control for Chlorella and Spirulina
- Spirulina vs Chlorella: Two Very Different Microalgae
- Feeding Filter Feeders in a Home Tank
- Why You Should Keep a Log of Your Algae Culture
- Why Aquarium Water Turns Green and What It Means
- Water Quality Basics in Microalgae-Fed Systems
- Cyanobacteria vs Algae: Why Spirulina Isn’t an Alga
- Safe Ways to Add Algae to a Tank: Dosing and Water Quality
- How to Split and Scale Up an Algae Culture
- Small-Scale Algae Production for a Hatchery
- How Chlorella Reproduces
- Small Habits That Make Algae Culturing Greener
- Spirulina Culture Basics: Warmth, Light and Alkaline Water
- How Spirulina Grows: Filaments and Trichomes
- Why Microalgae Can Use Less Land Than Many Crops
- Spirulina and Chlorella: A Plain-Language Introduction
- Choosing Microalgae for Live Feed: Size and Ease of Culture
- Live Algae Cultures vs Dried Algae Products
- Why Microalgae Are So Small and Why That Matters
- Feeding Rotifers With Chlorella
- How Microalgae Take Up Carbon Dioxide
- How to Tell if Your Algae Culture Is Healthy
- Culturing Live Food for Your Aquarium Fish